Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:23 am
Even with Toji's extra pot relevance, you can still summarize his character in one sentence. Instead of just being a 'token jock' he's a 'Token jock with a righteous big brother instinct who goes from comic relief to drama fuel when he resentfully pilots a doomed robot and looses a leg, also he wears a track suit and despite being really hot-headed the stuck up class rep totally wants to take a ride on his disco stick'. He's not noticeably more complex than Kensuke, who no one's arguing against being the token nerd. Although to be fair, we can call Kensuke the 'Token nerd with a military fetish who wants to pilot the doomed robot, but doesn't, then cries about it, also he wears glasses, stays comic relief and no one wants to bang him, but he likes to go camping sometimes and he's probably the single most pointless character on the show'.
You know what, now that I've written this out, I change my mind.
"Now, from Nature we obtain abundant information about ourselves, and precious little about others. About the woman you clasp in your arms, can you say with certainty that she does not feign pleasure? About the woman you mistreat, are you quite sure that from abuse she does not derive some obscure and lascivious satisfaction? Let us confine ourselves to simple evidence: through thoughtfulness, gentleness, concern for the feelings of others we saddle our own pleasure with restrictions, and make this sacrifice to obtain a doubtful result." -The Divine Marquis
"I agree Hans, but we have talked about those anal fisting analogies." -Werner Herzog